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2021 NOVEMBER 28 VK NATIONAL NEWS BROADCAST ON VK1WIA
THE BEST NEWS YOU'LL GET ALL WEEK.

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WIA AND NATIONAL NEWS

- MISSING HAM RADIO OP VK3VZP UPDATE - MAN ARRESTED AND CHARGED

MR HILL, VK3VZP, AND MS CLAY WERE LAST HEARD FROM IN MARCH 2020
AT WONNANGATTA VALLEY ON MARCH 20.
CAMPERS LATER FOUND MR HILLS VEHICLE WITH SIGNS OF MINOR FIRE
DAMAGE AT THEIR CAMPSITE, WHICH WAS COMPLETELY BURNED OUT.
LAST MONDAY, A MALE SUSPECT WAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY,
CHARGED WITH 2 COUNTS OF MURDER.

- WIA PRESIDENT SCOTT WILLIAMS, VK3KJ

NOMINATIONS WILL BE SHORTLY CALLED FOR PERSONS SEEKING ELECTION
AS A DIRECTOR OF THE WIA.
NOMINATIONS WILL BE OPEN UNTIL 5.00PM (AEST) ON 31 JAN 2022. TO
BE ELIGIBLE TO BECOME A DIRECTOR, YOU MUST BE A VOTING MEMBER
OF THE WIA AND HOLD AN AUSTRALIAN AMATEUR RADIO LICENCE.
THE THREE DIRECTORS RETIRING ARE: LEE MOYLE VK3GK, OSCAR REYES
VK3TX AND PHILIP SHIELDS VK2CPR. EACH RETIRING DIRECTOR IS
ELIGIBLE FOR RE-ELECTION.
SCOTT VK3KJ

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS WITH THANKS TO IARU, RSGB, RAC, SOUTHGATE AR
CLUB, ARRL, NZART, EHAM, AMATEUR RADIO NEWSLINE AND THE WORLD-
WIDE SOURCES OF THE WIA.

- NEW RADIO AMATEURS ON BOARD THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION

RAJA CHARI, KI5LIU, IS THE NEWEST COMMANDER OF A NASA SPACE
MISSION. RAJA AND THE THREE MEMBERS OF SPACEX CREW-3 ARE NOW
ABOARD THE ISS.
THE US AIR FORCE TEST PILOT IS THE FIRST ROOKIE TO COMMAND A
NASA MISSION IN SEVERAL DECADES. THE MISSION IS EXPECTED TO
LAST SIX MONTHS.
MATTHIAS MAURER KI5KFH, WILL BE USING THE GERMAN CALLSIGN
DP0ISS DURING A DOZEN SCHEDULED CONTACTS WITH GERMAN SCHOOLS.
(ARNEWSLINE)

--- REGION ONE

MICHAEL J OWEN AWARD TO DONALD F BEATTIE G3BJ.

THE BELGIUM COMMUNICATIONS REGULATOR BIPT HAS CANCELLED ALL HAM
EXAMINATIONS DUE TO THEIR COVID PANDEMIC SITUATION.

--- REGION TWO

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY'S KELLER CENTRE HAVE ADAPTED ZINC-OXIDE
THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR TECHNOLOGY TO CREATE A PHASED ARRAY OF
ANTENNAS. THEIR FINDINGS ARE PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL NATURE
ELECTRONICS.

DAYTON HAMVENTION 2022 WILL BE HAPPENING ON 20-22 MAY, WITH AN
INTERNATIONAL RECEPTION ON 19 MAY. ALL DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE ON
THE HAMVENTION.ORG WEBSITE.

--- REGION THREE

- INDIA CELEBRATES 100 YEARS OF AMATEUR RADIO.

HAMFEST INDIA WAS POSTPONED UNTIL 2022, HOWEVER THE CELEBRATION
WENT ONLINE, AND A TWO DAY PROGRAMME WAS LIVESTREAMED TO THE
HAMFESTINDIA2021 CHANNEL ON YOUTUBE AND IS AVAILABLE THERE.

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SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS NEWS

--- FINAL FRONTIER

HAPPY 47TH BIRTHDAY TO AMSAT-OSCAR 7, WHICH LAUNCHED ON 15 NOV
1974 AND IS STILL OPERATIONAL WHEN IN SUNLIGHT. QATAR-OSCAR 100
IS ALSO HAVING ITS 3RD BIRTHDAY, LAUNCHED ON 15 NOV 2018. (ANS)

--- MEDICAL

[REPORT ON DEFIBRILLATOR TRAINING REMOVED -VK2CJB]
A SUB-GROUP OF THE BENDIGO AMATEUR RADIO AND ELECTRONICS CLUB
BAREC, THE PEDAL RADIO GROUP, LAST MONTH JOINED THE GREAT
CYCLING CHALLENGE AND RAISED JUST UNDER $1400 TO FIGHT KIDS
CANCER. (BENDIGO TIMES)

--- RESCUE RADIO

IARU REGION 3 EMERGENCY CENTRE OF ACTIVITY (COA) FREQUENCIES:
          3.600 7.110 14.300 18.160 21.360 MHZ
REGION 1: 3.760 7.110 14.300 18.160 21.360 MHZ
REGION 2: 3.750 3.985 7.060 7.240 7.275 14.300 18.16 21.36 MHZ

- HAMS ASSIST IN RESCUE OF FIREFIGHTERS BURIED IN CAVE

ON 31 OCT, THE SAO PAULO STATE NETWORK OF EMERGENCY RADIO
AMATEURS REER-SP PROVIDED SUPPORT IN THE CARE OF THE DISASTER
THAT OCCURRED IN ALTINPOLIS.
TWENTY-EIGHT CIVILIAN FIREFIGHTERS WERE CARRYING OUT AN
EXERCISE WHEN PART OF A CAVE COLLAPSED, LEAVING NINE DEATHS
AMONG THE VICTIMS BURIED.

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2021 VK CONVENTIONS

VK3 SPARC ROSEBUD RADIOFEST FEBRUARY 13, 2022 9:30AM (VK3PDG)

VK5 AUSTRALIAN FOX HUNTING CHAMPIONSHIP AND SERG CONVENTION
MOUNT GAMBIER SA - QUEENS BIRTHDAY WEEKEND JUNE 2022 (VK5DJ)

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